stock|ade

stock|ade
stock|ade «sto KAYD», noun, verb, -ad|ed, -ad|ing.
–n.
1. a defensive wall or fence of large, strong posts fixed upright in the ground: »

A heavy stockade around the cabins protected the pioneers from attack.

2. a) a pen or other place of confinement for human beings or animals, now especially one enclosed by a wire fence. b) U.S. a place of confinement on a military post for soldiers awaiting court-martial or sentenced to short terms.
–v.t.
to protect, fortify, or surround with a stockade.
╂[< French estocade, alteration of estacade, ultimately < Provençal estaca stake < Germanic (compare Dutch stâke)]

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